66

SERIOUS

REMONSTRANCE

ADDRESSED TO

THE REV. R. W. SIBTHORP, B. D.

FORMERLY CURATE OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH, HULL.

OCCASIONED BY HIS RECENT PUBLICATION

ENTITLED,

SOME ANSWER TO THE INQUIRY-WHY ARE YOU BECOME

A CATHOLIC?"

BY THOSE OF THE HULL CLERGY

WHO WERE PERSONALLY KNOWN TO HIM.

"NOW THE SPIRIT SPEAKETH EXPRESSLY, THAT IN THE LATTER TIMES SOME
SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH."-1 TIM. IV. 1.

"LET HIM THAT THINKETH HE STANDETH TAKE HEED LEST HE FALL."-

66 HOLD THOU ME UP, AND I SHALL BE SAFE."-PS. CXIX. 117.

I COR. X. 12.

LONDON:

L. AND. G. SEELEY, 169, FLEET STREET.

1842.

922.

ECA

ILLU

TUE

L. AND G. SEELEY, PRINTERS, THAMES DITTON, SURREY.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Motives which influenced the writers

Mr. Sibthorp's "Narrative of what passed in his mind

False notion of the typical character of Jewish rites, &c,

Confounds types with patterns

The true question respecting Christ's institutions, one

of fact

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Fallacy of Mr. Sibthorp's reasoning from types

Correspondences between Jewish and Romish systems

Unity – Primacy-Orders of spiritual governors-

Sacrifice-Real Presence-Ceremonies-Authority

-Uniformity-Catholicity

Differences between these systems

Mr. Sibthorp's argument concerning the unity of the

church, examined

And also his argument for the necessity of a centre of

union

1, 2

3

5

5

6

7-10

10-18

19, 20

21-25

,

26, 27

The supremacy of Peter argued from Scripture

Hypothesis respecting the developement of the Primacy

At variance with the analogy before pursued

And still more with historical facts

27-36

36

41

42-46

Harmony of the Romish Church, and discords of Pro-

testants

Extracts from Mr. Sibthorp's Discourse in 1827

Want of a centre of unity not felt by Protestants

The recognition of the Primacy not a first step to unity

The Reformation from Popery no

Mr. Sibthorp's subsidiary arguments

46

48-53

53

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